Question

How do acute cases differ from chronic cases in primary care?

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Acute conditions in health care appear suddenly and keeps worsening in due time if there is no precaution taken. Alternatively, chronic conditions in healthcare develop progressively, while worsening with time since it is hard to detect them. In primary care, patients are provided with healthcare services daily by health providers to ensure their health is on track. Regarding the above statement, there is a massive difference between acute cases and chronic cases in primary care which the paper will unfold.

According to Hunter (2009), acute cases in primary care are generally possible since they are prone to almost every patient, regardless of age and gender. These acute cases are onset, and they happen rapidly but controlling and treating them under primary care is easy. The standard treatment of almost all acute cases exclusive of bone injuries usually take a few days to about two weeks of treatment. A good…

 

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